Lawrence Scarpa (born October 28, 1959) is an American architect and artist based in Los Angeles, California.

Scarpa then accepted a job and moved to New York to work for Paul Rudolph for nearly two years until he returned to Graduate School at the University of Florida in 1984.

The couple moved to San Francisco and one year later relocated to Los Angeles, where they live with their one son.

[5] Early in his career, Scarpa completed many National AIA award winning office projects.

[7] His work has been exhibited at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, MOCA and at numerous other venues worldwide.

[9] In 2015, Scarpa received the American Institute of Architects California Council (AIACC) Lifetime Achievement Award.

[10] As the institutes highest award, the Gold Medal honors an individual or pair whose significant body of work has had a lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture.

[11][12] His Solar umbrella house in Venice, California has been named by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) as one of their Top Ten Green Projects.